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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 1843550" data-attributes="member: 637"><p>I would never, ever buy from a sale barn. It is not even a thought to go see what is there. I would buy from a big breeder who makes their living from raising bred heifers to sell. They have a yearly sale. Or even if a sale barn says they are going to have a purebred sale, and people are running those through from different farms. I only buy from outside sources if I feel I need to add new blood or the heifer is out of a bull or cow I particularly like. Otherwise, I retain heifers from my top cows and know what I am getting as far as production quality. </p><p>When your bring cows from outside sources you never know what you are bringing into your herd that you have kept so clean and disease free. I will not put a cow from someone else's farm in my trailer. I can't think about buying from a farm that constantly brings in new cattle from the sale barn. </p><p></p><p>I know of a large operation that still does that and most of his herd had the pink eye and their method of treating these cattle was horrible and he came though with blind cattle and scarred eyes. I told one person that come to my house quite often that worked for this farm not to ever wear the same boots or much less clothing he had on if he had been working over there. They had constant loss of animals. Seems they would learn a lesson but do not. Told them to erase all methods of how they treated those animals and not to do treat their animals they way they treated theirs. Their cattle stayed wild with fear of how they were handled on a continuous basis. Buying from a reputable breeder is the way to do if you must.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 1843550, member: 637"] I would never, ever buy from a sale barn. It is not even a thought to go see what is there. I would buy from a big breeder who makes their living from raising bred heifers to sell. They have a yearly sale. Or even if a sale barn says they are going to have a purebred sale, and people are running those through from different farms. I only buy from outside sources if I feel I need to add new blood or the heifer is out of a bull or cow I particularly like. Otherwise, I retain heifers from my top cows and know what I am getting as far as production quality. When your bring cows from outside sources you never know what you are bringing into your herd that you have kept so clean and disease free. I will not put a cow from someone else's farm in my trailer. I can't think about buying from a farm that constantly brings in new cattle from the sale barn. I know of a large operation that still does that and most of his herd had the pink eye and their method of treating these cattle was horrible and he came though with blind cattle and scarred eyes. I told one person that come to my house quite often that worked for this farm not to ever wear the same boots or much less clothing he had on if he had been working over there. They had constant loss of animals. Seems they would learn a lesson but do not. Told them to erase all methods of how they treated those animals and not to do treat their animals they way they treated theirs. Their cattle stayed wild with fear of how they were handled on a continuous basis. Buying from a reputable breeder is the way to do if you must. [/QUOTE]
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